8+ hour, 15+ min ago   (447+ words) TILATHI KOILADI, Nepal, Sept 13 (Reuters) – After nine days trapped in a hydropower tunnel and a week of hospital care following his dramatic rescue, Sanjay Sah, a rare survivor of last month’s devastating glacier collapse in Nepal, ​finally returned to his…...

21+ hour, 46+ min ago   (269+ words) SEOUL, Sept 13 (Reuters) – South Korea’s expanded espionage law takes effect on Sunday, broadening espionage offences beyond acts involving North Korea to include all foreign countries as Seoul seeks to protect key technologies ​amid intensifying competition in semiconductors and other strategic…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (444+ words) By Yantoultra Ngui and Samuel Shen HONG KONG/SHANGHAI, Sept 11 (Reuters) – Chinese artificial intelligence chipmaker Shanghai Enflame Technology surged about 200% in its Shanghai debut on Friday, after the Tencent-backed company raised 6.12 billion yuan ($912 million) in its initial public ​offering. The…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (187+ words) Sept 11 (Reuters) – Global demand for electric vehicles rose for a sixth consecutive month in August, with ​Europe leading the growth, data ‌from UK-based research firm Benchmark Mineral Intelligence showed on Friday. Sales of battery-electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles show growing…...

3+ day, 41+ min ago   (89+ words) The Mighty 790 KFGO Pentagon in talks to lend $5 billion to AI cloud startup Fluidstack, WSJ reports Sept 10 (Reuters) – The Pentagon is ​in talks to lend roughly $5 billion to ​AI ⁠cloud-computing startup ⁠Fluidstack to shore up the ​U.S. data-center ⁠supply…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (360+ words) HELSINKI, Sept 10 (Reuters) – Finland should introduce a national permitting system for data centres to prevent the risk of power shortages and soaring energy prices, opposition parties said on Thursday ​following Google’s announcement of a large new investment in the ‌country....

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (526+ words) By Oliver Hirt and Marleen Kaesebier ZURICH, Sept 10 (Reuters) – A major shareholder in Novartis has called for a shake-up of the Swiss drugmaker’s board to improve corporate governance after its shares suffered a record fall this week following back-to-back trial…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (232+ words) BERLIN, Sept 10 (Reuters) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Thursday rejected French far-left leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s plan to cancel ​a portion of France’s national debt, ‌calling it “financially dangerous” and legally impossible under EU law. Mélenchon has proposed cancelling…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (210+ words) BRUSSELS, Sept 10 (Reuters) – JD.com’s concessions to ease EU subsidy concerns about the Chinese e-commerce giant’s $2.5 ​billion purchase of German electronics retailer ‌Ceconomy have prompted criticism from competitors, people familiar with the matter told Reuters. They said the European Commission,…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (193+ words) WASHINGTON, Sept 10(Reuters) – U.S. wholesale inventories surged in July, the government confirmed on Thursday, potentially positioning ​inventories to contribute to economic growth ‌in the third quarter. Stocks at wholesalers jumped by an unrevised 1.3%, the Commerce Department’s Census Bureau said. Inventories,…...